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Page A6 People SALUBRIS October / November 2008 Award Winners, New Appointments and More... NCCS Shares Limelight at Scientific Meeting Pictured below, from left to right: Dr Joanne Ngeow (right), Dr Ang Mei-Kim, Dr Ho Gay Hui (right) and Mr William Chin Wei Lim (left). Three doctors and a Research Officer from National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) each walked away as winners at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) 17th Annual Scientific Meeting which was held from 25th to 26th April 2008 at the College of Medicine Building. Staff from Outram Campus, namely, SGH, NCCS, National Dental Centre, National Heart Centre, National Neuroscience Institute SGH Campus, Singapore National Eye Centre and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School were invited to submit an abstract of their work to compete in 13 award categories. Dr Joanne Ngeow, Registrar of the Medical Oncology Department clinched the Young Investigator’s Award (Clinical) with her paper on “PET/CT versus Conventional CT Scans and Bone Marrow Biopsy in the Initial Staging of Lymphoma Patients: A Comparative Analysis”. Her department colleague, Dr Ang Mei-Kim, an Associate Consultant, won the Best Poster (Clinical) prize for her work which featured “A Promising New Chemoimmunotherapy Regimen for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma”. Dr Ho Gay Hui, Senior Consultant of the Surgical Oncology Department, took home the second prize in the Best Oral Paper (Clinical). Her winning paper “Cancer Miss Rate in Women Under 30 Who Undergone Excision Biopsy of Clinically Benign Breast Lumps without Preoperative Ultrasonography”. The Best Oral Paper (Scientist) prize was awarded to Mr William Chin Wei Lim, Research Officer of the Laboratory of Photodynamic Diagnosis and Treatment in the Medical Sciences Division, for his paper on “Membrane Transport Enhancement of Chlorin e6 – Polyvinylpyrrolidone and its Photodynamic Efficacy on the Chick Chorioallantoic Model”.
Congratulations to All! Page A7 People SALUBRIS October / November 2008 SINGAPORE YOUTH AWARDS 2008 On 6th July 2008, Dr Tan Min-Han received the Singapore Youth Award (SYA), Science and Technology category, from Deputy Prime Minister Prof S. Jayakumar at the Istana. The SYA recognises and commends contributions by youths who excelled in their respective fields and served the community in one way or the other. Dr Tan Min-Han, an Associate Consultant of the Medical Oncology Department, NCCS, is also a dedicated researcher whose work focuses on kidney cancer. He shuttles between the laboratory and clinic where he hopes the knowledge gained about the disease can be translated to treating his patients. Despite his busy schedule, he would still spend time with the junior doctors, medical students and even junior college students to give them guidance. Healthcare Humanity Award Given out in year 2003 as the Courage Award after the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak in Singapore, the Healthcare Humanity Award, as it is now known, recognises outstanding healthcare workers who go the extra mile in caring and comforting the sick and the infirmed. Dr Joanne Ngeow, Registrar of the Medical Oncology Department, NCCS, is one of the six doctors, to receive the award from President S.R. Nathan at a presentation ceremony held on 26th May 2008 at the NTUC Centre Auditorium. Winners of the award are recognised for demonstrating values such as courage, extraordinary dedication, selflessness, steadfastness in ethics, compassion as well as humanity. PROMOTIONS Name Dr Chua Eu Tiong A/Prof Koong Heng Nung Dr Fong Kam Weng Dr Tan Yu Meng Dr Wong Zee Wan Dr Preetha Madhukumar Dr Teo Ching Ching Melissa Dr Quek Hong Hui Richard Dr Ng Chee Hui Raymond Dr Soong Yoke Lim Dr N. Gopalakrishna Iyer Dr Ang Mei-Kim Dr Tan Min-Han Dr Ngo Su-Mien Lynette Title Head, Radiation Oncology Head, Surgical Oncology Deputy Head, Radiation Oncology Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology Consultant, Surgical Oncology Consultant, Surgical Oncology Consultant, Medical Oncology Consultant, Medical Oncology Associate Consultant, Radiation Oncology Associate Consultant, Surgical Oncology Associate Consultant, Medical Oncology Associate Consultant, Medical Oncology Associate Consultant, Medical Oncology
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Congratulations to All!<br />
Page A7<br />
People<br />
SALUBRIS<br />
October / November 2008<br />
SINGAPORE<br />
YOUTH AWARDS<br />
2008<br />
On 6th July 2008,<br />
Dr Tan Min-Han received<br />
the <strong>Singapore</strong> Youth<br />
Award (SYA), Science and<br />
Technology category, from<br />
Deputy Prime Minister Prof<br />
S. Jayakumar at the Istana.<br />
The SYA recognises and commends<br />
contributions by youths who excelled<br />
in their respective fields and served<br />
the community in one way or the other.<br />
Dr Tan Min-Han, an Associate Consultant<br />
of the Medical Oncology Department,<br />
NCCS, is also a dedicated researcher whose<br />
work focuses on kidney cancer. He shuttles<br />
between the laboratory and clinic where<br />
he hopes the knowledge gained about<br />
the disease can be translated to treating<br />
his patients. Despite his busy schedule,<br />
he would still spend time with the junior<br />
doctors, medical students and even junior<br />
college students to give them guidance.<br />
Healthcare Humanity Award<br />
Given out in year 2003 as the<br />
Courage Award after the SARS<br />
(Severe Acute Respiratory<br />
Syndrome) outbreak in <strong>Singapore</strong>, the<br />
Healthcare Humanity Award, as it is now<br />
known, recognises outstanding healthcare<br />
workers who go the extra mile in caring<br />
and comforting the sick and the infirmed.<br />
Dr Joanne Ngeow, Registrar of the Medical Oncology<br />
Department, NCCS, is one of the six doctors, to receive the<br />
award from President S.R. Nathan at a presentation ceremony<br />
held on 26th May 2008 at the NTUC <strong>Centre</strong> Auditorium.<br />
Winners of the award are recognised for demonstrating values<br />
such as courage, extraordinary dedication, selflessness,<br />
steadfastness in ethics, compassion as well as humanity.<br />
PROMOTIONS<br />
Name<br />
Dr Chua Eu Tiong<br />
A/Prof Koong Heng Nung<br />
Dr Fong Kam Weng<br />
Dr Tan Yu Meng<br />
Dr Wong Zee Wan<br />
Dr Preetha Madhukumar<br />
Dr Teo Ching Ching Melissa<br />
Dr Quek Hong Hui Richard<br />
Dr Ng Chee Hui Raymond<br />
Dr Soong Yoke Lim<br />
Dr N. Gopalakrishna Iyer<br />
Dr Ang Mei-Kim<br />
Dr Tan Min-Han<br />
Dr Ngo Su-Mien Lynette<br />
Title<br />
Head, Radiation Oncology<br />
Head, Surgical Oncology<br />
Deputy Head, Radiation Oncology<br />
Senior Consultant, Surgical Oncology<br />
Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology<br />
Consultant, Surgical Oncology<br />
Consultant, Surgical Oncology<br />
Consultant, Medical Oncology<br />
Consultant, Medical Oncology<br />
Associate Consultant, Radiation Oncology<br />
Associate Consultant, Surgical Oncology<br />
Associate Consultant, Medical Oncology<br />
Associate Consultant, Medical Oncology<br />
Associate Consultant, Medical Oncology
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